Home damaged after five-vehicle crash in Middlesbrough

Police, ambulance, and fire crews were called to Parliament Road, at its junction with Union Street and Longford Street, after a crash on Friday evening. 

Pictures from the scene shows several damaged cars and a flurry of emergency services blocking the road - with a cordon also being erected across the street. 

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They also show the front of a terraced property, which has been left damaged after a car reportedly crashed into the wall beneath the bay window. 

One image shows car parts, and a section of a number plate, lying on the pavement outside the doorstep of the property. 

Police at the scene of the incident (Image: TERRY BLACKBURN)

The North East Ambulance Service has confirmed that two people were taken to the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, although their conditions remain unknown. 

A spokesperson said: "We were called at 7.12pm this evening (Friday, August 30) to a five vehicle road traffic collision at the junction of Parliament Road, Union Street and Longford Street in Middlesbrough.

"We dispatched a clinical team leader and a double crewed ambulance. Two patients were taken to James Cook Hospital."

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A Cleveland Fire Brigade spokesperson added: "There were two appliances at the scene from Middlesbrough and the time of call was 5.35pm. 

"We were there not for the road traffic collision but for a structural check on a property that had been damaged. We were made available at 8.02pm."

The Northern Echo has contacted Cleveland Police for more information.